Security
Linux Command Line
Automation
User Account
Trouble Shooting
100

I am a hacker, I know the default port number to remotely log access a system using putty or mobaxterm. It is ...

what is 22

100

provides information about commands

what is man

100

True or false. A superuser can edit the cronjob of all users of the system.

What is Not true. Only /root

100

Type of account that can do the following: Installing and updating system

Managing user accounts and permissions

Configuring configuration files

privildege account

100

when trying to read a file on /var/www/html we get a "permision denied" or "403 Forbidden". How do i make the file redeable as a non user of the system.

What is chmod 644

200

I guard the gates of your RHEL8 system, inspecting incoming and outgoing traffic for suspicious activity

what is firewalld

200

use this command to unlock every single account that has been locked

what is #failock --reset

200

this is used by the superuser to see all cronjobs created by any user of the system

what is /var/spool/cron

200

my group number is always 10 who am I?

What is Wheel group

200

a system log file that stores infromation and events related to the overall system activity. It acts as a central repository for important information about the system's operation

What is /var/log/messages

300

this is the first line of defence before the firewall

what is SE Linux

300

we use this flag when ignore case sensitivity on the command line

what is -i

300

interprete the following cronjob: 


0,30 21-23 * * FRI

What is every 30 minutes from 9 PM to 11 PM on Fridays

300

5 components of each user account

What are -
1. username and ID 

2.password 

3.groupname and group ID 

4. home directory 

5.shell

300

this log contains all failed authentication attempts, unauthorized events, information about security service status, configuration changes, and potential security incidents

What is /var/log/secure 

400

An initializing process that can be interuped in order to change /root password

What is bootstrapping

400

Single command used to know what's wrong on the system

What is pwck (also known as powercheck)

400

I am creating a job to run at 10:00 am using the "at command". After writing the instructions, how do close out the job on my keyboard?

What is CTRL+D

400

Who am I: blueberry:x:48:48:blueberry:/usr/share/httpd:/sbin/nologin

What is service account

400

common reasons for getting this error are: network issues, incorrection details like wrong port number or IP address, server downtime

What is connection not found

500

I am system engineer hired to generate self-signed certs for an application. When generating the key which flag will I use in the command below to add an extra layer of security:

openssl genrsa  -out achu.key 2048

What is -des3

500

There are two manins to executive a bash script. This method is preferred because for security purposes

What is bash script.sh

500

Interprete the following cronjob: 59 23 * * sat rsync -Axy upudate rsyncadmin@10.1.10.5:/home/rsyncadmin

What is - every sat a 11:59p  synchronize the contents of the /home/rsyncadmin directory on the remote server (10.1.10.5) with the corresponding local directory (likely also /home/rsyncadmin on your local machine) using the preserving all options and assume "yes" to any prompts during the transfer and might be named for "updating" the destination with changes from the source.

500

Under no circumstances should this file that has information on priviledge accounds be edited using the vi tool

What is /etc/sudoers. If needed use visudoer

500

How to triage this error "command not found"

1. check to see if spelling is correct. 

2. check location of command using `which "command"` 

3. install appropriate package (research)

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